Railway or steamship time-table



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W. D. SUTH'ERLAND. RAILWAY 0R STBAMSHIP TIME TABLE.

No. 435,868. I Patented Sept. 2, 1890.

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RAILWAY 0R STBAMSHIP TIME TABLE.

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UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DELLIE SUTI'IERLAND, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

RAILWAY OR STEAMSHIP TIME-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,868, dated September 2, 1890.

Application led April 30, 1890.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DELLIE SUTH- ERLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and improved Railway or Steamship Time- Table, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an advertising medium for the purpose of placing before the public the times of arrival and departure ot' trains, steamboats, or other conveyances, as also the advertisement of the agent, dsc., and has for its obj ect to provide a cheap and convenient device which may be readily hung in public andprivateplaces,and which is adapted to be changed continually as occasion may require, means being provided for the convenient withdrawal ot the various cards having marked thereon the times of arrival and departure.

The invention consists in a suitable support or back having arranged thereon two eorrespondin g parallel series of pockets opening at top of peculiar construction, and having suitable means for displaying cards or time-tables which they are adapted to receive, said back also having suitable advertisingspace, all of which will appear Inore clearly upon reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure I is an elevation of the simple form of my invention. Fig. II is a horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, on the line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a vertical section, on an enlarged scale, on the line III III, Fig. I. Figs. IV and V are views corresponding to Figs. II and III, taken on the lines IV IV and V V, respectively, Fig. I, said views diering from Figs. II and III in that the card is held in a plane forward of the plane of the cards in the upper series, so that it will not be obstructed by said upper series in being withdrawn. Figs. VI and VII are respectively a plane and side elevation of asuitable springtrigger which is adapted to discharge the cards from the respective pockets. Fig. VIII represents a modication which differs from Fig. I, in that means areprovided for discharging all of the cards through the medium of a single trigger. Figs. IX and X are sec- Serial No. 350,099. (No model.)

tions, on an enlarged scale, taken on lines IX IX andX X, respectively, in Fig. VIII Figs. XI and XII are enlarged sectional views, on the lines XI XI and XII XII, respectively, Fig. VIII. Figs. XIII and XIV are respectively a plan and a side elevation of the form of trigger used in connection with Fig. VIII.

I represents the back or support; 2 3, the upper and lower horizontal series of pockets; 4. 5, the advertising matter, as explained, and 6, a suitable suspending medium. 7 and S represent the time-tables,which are placed in the upper and lower series of pockets, respectively, and each time-table 7, with the corresponding one S below it, are for the saine line of conveyance and differ in that the former gives the time of departure while the latter gives the time of arrival. It will thus be seen that while the upper series may contain a time-table showing the times of departure of the trains on every railway and steamer connected with a certain city, the lower series will always contain directly beneath the times of arrival of the same.

The pockets are constructed as follows: Upon the back or support l are placed U- shaped spacing-pieces l0, whose interior outlines correspond to the outlines of the timetables. Overlapping U-shaped Bange-pieces Il, having smaller openings than the spacingpieces, are then placed upon said spacingpieces to forni pockets therewith and in connection with the back. These three parts are then secured together by large pins l2, which pass through all of them and are clinched on the back. These pins may have ornamental heads.

In making the series of pockets a number of spacing-pieces may be cut from a single piece, as also may the snperposed iiangepieces, if desired. In the lower series, in order to hold the cards in a plane in front of the plane of the upper series, additional packing-pieces I3 14 may be employed, upon which the pieces IO and Il are secured by means of pins I2 in the same manner as explained with reference to the upperv series.

15 represents a spring-trigger, which is secured by the attaching end 1G, having suitable clinching-prongs 17, and has a suitable spring 18 and operating end 19. This trigger is secured on the rear side of the back ICO only by means of the said clinch-pin, and the operating end 19 projects through a suitable slot beneath the center of and in contact with the lower edge of each time-table. It will thus be seen that in order to discharge any time-table, when the saine has become out of date and it is desired to insert a new one, it will be simply necessary to press down the end 19 and allow the same to strike sharply against the lower edge,when the card will be thrown out of the pocket anda new one may be insert-ed. The old card having the advertisement printed thereon is allowed to remain where it falls, and hence the-provision ofthe means for discharging it. While this means of dischargin gis thus described as being used, it is obvious that a cheap and efficient device for the purpose hereinbefore named could be provided and used instead of said discharging device.

In Figs. VIII to XII, inclusive, a modification of the discharging device is illustrated. Here all the cards maybe discharged at once through the medium of a single trigger 20, which is pressed down and allowed to spring up in the same manner as the individual triggers in Fig. I. This is accomplished by the following mechanism: 2l .represents a horizontal rod connected rigidly to the triggerA 20 and extended along behind the entire series of pockets. It rests upon each of the individual triggers, which are appliedto the device shown in Fig. VIII, asin Fig. I. i Inasmuch as the rod rests upon these individual triggers and just in rear ofthe cards, it will be seen lthat upon depressing the trigger 2O all the triggers l5 will be depressed, and upon releasing the trigger 20 all the cards will be discharged from the pockets,`when a new set may be rapidly inserted. It will also be seen that the rod lJ does not in any way interfere with the operation of each trigger separately, if such be necessary.

The devices herein described will be found to be very convenient for use where a number of the advertising devices are located at diierent points in the city, and it becomes necessary at frequent intervals to change all the time-'tables thus exhibited; as a means of rapidly removing all the cards this will effect agreat saving of time.

I do not confine myself to the use ofthe discharging devices described, as it is obvious that the device is very convenient for use simply with the two parallel series of pockets whereby the departure and arrival may be exhibited one above theother, of a number of trains.

I am aware that it is not new to provide de- -vices having pockets in which schedules or other matter to be exhibited may be changed at will, and such, therefore, I do not claim;

but what I claim is the construction and arrangement herein set forth.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein .and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. In an advertising device, substantially as described, 'the combination of the back, the U-shaped spacing-pieces placed upon the back, and the superposed U-shaped Hangepieces having smaller openings than the spacing-pieces and forming a pocket with the back and spacing-pieces, said back, spacylng-pieces, and ilange-pieces being secured together by suitable means, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an advertising device, thecombination of the back l, and the upper andv lower seriesof pockets 2 3,0f similar form and constituted of the U-shaped spacing-pieces 10, and the U-shaped iiange-pieces ll, having' smaller openings, the lower series being also provided with additional packing-pieces 13 14, and all of said pieces being secured by pins l2, passed through them, as explained.

3. Thecombination, with lthe back and the pockets adapted to receive cards, substantially as explained, of the discharging-triggers located at the bottoms of the respective pockets and adapted to contactwith the bottom of the cards, for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the pocket, of the trigger '15, having the attaching end 16, the spring 18, and the horizontal operating end 1.9,projecting beneath the pocket and adapted i to contact with the card therein, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with the back and the pockets provided with suitable dischargingtriggers, of a single operatii'ig-trigger located at a suitable point and having working connection with the dischargingtriggers, whereby a snap of the operating-trigger discharges the contents of all the pockets, as setforth.

6. The combination, with the advertising device consisting of' a suitable back and the pockets, substantially as herein explained, of the individual triggers located at the bottoms of the respective pockets and adapted to contact with the cards, the operating-trigger located atone end and the connecting-rod at-l tached to the operating-trigger and extending horizontally along the back above the individual discharging-triggers, whereby the operating-trigger is adapted to cause all the individual triggers todischarge the cards, and

the individual triggers are adapted to operate independently, all substantially as herein eXplained.

WILLIAM DELLIE SU'lIIERLANl). Witnesses:

G. G. WoRsHAM, T. F. VHEELWRIGHT.

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